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TWELVE DAYS
’TIL EXAMS
TWELVE DAYS
’TIL EXAMS
VOL. XX.
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1940.
Number 26.
LIBRARY ANNOUNCES NEXT YEAR’S CONTESTS
JOHN MASON BROWN
REALIZES THIRD TERM
For the third consecutive year, the
large audience which gathered in
Memorial Hall on Monday night for
the final lecture in the Salem Col
lege Lecture Series was held spell
bound by the brilliant and fascinat
ing John Mason Brown.
Introduced as the best known and
most beloved dramatic critic in the
world, and talking with the appro
priate earnestness of an evangelist,
Brown endeavored to show the need
of the theatre in this war-torn
world. “The theatre is not merely
the shortest distance between two
hours, it is a symbol of the finest
things in life.” The theatre’s great-
(‘st appeal is not its beauty, its col
or, its excitement, or its sound. ' ‘ Its
final contribution is the illusion of
order in a world of disorder; it is
the creation of cosmos out of chaos. ”
Quoting George Bernard Shaw, the
critic said that the theatre is the
only temple w'hich helps the soul of
man and yet retains its gaiety.
Referring to the heroes and hero
ines of high tragedy who were able
to die without a single “ouch,”
Brown ?aid that the purpose of trag
edy was to show that men are better
than they think they are. ‘ ‘ High
tragedy—which always considers the
spirit and never the body, the flame
and never the lamp—shows that all
leads to joyous consummation.”
The critic said that Maxwell An
derson understood in theory the es
sence of high tragedy, but in his
“Key I^argo” he made the fatal
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Teachers
Complimenlied
Ai Di
inner
A group of local teachers who
have .supervised the directed teach
ing of Salem College seniors during
the past six weeks were entertain
ed Tuesday night at dinner in the
recreation room of Loui.se Bitting
Building.
Guests assembled in the lobby of
Main Hall, where they were greeted
by their hostesses. Sara Harrison,
of Charlotte, was toastmistress and
extended a welcome to the teachers
and principals present.
Among the local teachers who
were invited were: Miss Elizabeth
Brookes, Miss Mozellc Stephenson,
Miss Louise Mock, Ned Smith, Miss
Rebecca Hyatt, Miss Genevieve
Smetlzer, Miss Ardena Morgan, Miss
Ruth Melmich, Miss Caroline Diehl,
Mrs. Margaret McDermott, Miss
I>ouglas MacDonald, B. B. Redmond,
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DEAN VARDELL GOES
TO FESTIVAL
Dean Vardell left Wednesday for
the University of Michigan where
his cantata “The Inimitable Lov
ers” was performed last night. It
was conducted by Thor Johnson,
formerly of Winston-Salem, who also
directed the opera “Samson and De
lilah” by Saint-Saens in connection
with the university’s May Music
Festival. Rosa Tentoni, soprana,
and Robert Weede, baritone, were
soloists in the cantata.
Among the other artists partici
pating in the festival are Lawrence
Tibbett, Arthur Schnabel, Lily Pons,
Joseph Ezigeti, Eugene Ormandy,
and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
“The Inimitable Lovers” was
composed about ten years ago and
has been performed twice in Win
ston and also at Davidson.
JOHN MASON BEOWN
Piano and Voice
Graduating Recital
A varied and interestingly arrang
ed program held an attentive audi
ence Tuesday evening. May the sev
enth, when the School of Music pre
sented Katherine Ledbetter of Polk-
ton, piano student of Dr. Vardell,
and Louise Norris, voice student of
Mr. Clifford Bair, in a joint gradu
ating recital. Louise, a native of
Durham, opened the program and she
appeared wearing a blue and pink
net evening gown, and carrying an
arm bouquet of pink roses and blue
delphinium in macthing shades. Vir
ginia Thompson, accompanist, wore
black chiffon with a white bodice.
On her shoulder was a corsage ^of
red ro.ses.
Katherine Letbetter, dressed in
blue silk with tiered skirt, carrying
yellow roses, made her first appear
ance performing numbers by Bach
and Chopin. Quoting from the Jour
nal Sentinel morning news—Kather
ine “displayed comprehensive un
derstanding of the classic and ro-
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May Day In
Retrospect
After weeks of struggling through
dance routines, painting scenery,
and for the lucky fourteen, practic
ing walking down the May Dell, it
is hard to realize that May Day is
over. But the day was fun not only
for those girls who took part in the
pageant, for we spectators who sat
on the opposite hill warmly snug
gled up in our blankets in the after
noon had our chance to take part in
the action that night. Around 9
o’clock we made our date wait while
we got into our new spring evening
dress—or got our roommate to sew
us into our latest home ec. project,
which was not quite finished, and
made our way down to the gym.
When we reached the door, we
found Mr. McEwen waiting to take
the ticket which we had left in our
dresser drawer. We became confus
ed and stuttered a few explanations
while Miss Lawrence was waiting to
meet our date. Miss Turlington
came to our rescue by persuading
Mr. Ewen to let us in this time.
We then looked around at the
crowd and decided that it would be
wise not to try to dance near the
orchestra. Finding a big open space
of about two square feet, we settled
down to dance at the corner of the
big red “Album” which was in the
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1940-41 Y Cabinet
Installed Sunday
Sunday evening at 6:45, the old
chapel will be the scene for "Y”
in.stallation for the ensuing year
1940-41. The old cabinet, carrying
lighted candles, and the new cabi
net, carrying unlighted candles, will
enter the chapel in processional
form and be seated in a semi-circle.
Kathryn Swain will sing ‘ ‘ My
Task,” and Eleanor Welsh will play
a harp interlude during the cere
mony of lighting the candles of the
entire audience. Betty Sanford
will deliver the charge to Euth
Schnedl, and the old cabinet will
charge the new one.
The new cabinet is composed of:
Ruth Schedl, president; Emily Mc
Coy, vice president; Marian Norris,
secretary; Sarah Barnum, treasurer;
Nancy O’Neal, ch. worship commit
tee; Esther Alexander, Community
Service; Eleanor Carr, freshman
commission; Leila Johnston, “Y”
store; Elizabeth Weldon, social com
mittee; Wyatt Wilkinson, world fel
lowship; Dorothy McLean, publici
ty; ifargaret Vardell, music; Cath
erine Harrell, finance committee;
Mary Elizabeth Rand, “Y” room;
Margaret Leinbach, industrial girls;
Mary Lou Brown, Day Student
“Y” store; Margaret Patterson,
honorary member.
ALPHA IOTA PI GOES
PICNICING
Thursday between four and five
o’clock automobiles loaded with
girls and packed with boxes and
baskets left school for a picnic. The
girls w'ere members of Alpha Iota
Pi, the Latin Club; the automobiles
were headed for the Perryman cabin,
“Riverside,” on the Yadkin River.
When everyone had reached the
cabin, the boxes and baskets were
unpacked and were found to contain
delicious food. “Porci" and “west-
ilius” were cooked over the out
door oven. After the picnic, games
were played. There were around
forty, people who enjoyed the outing
in the “novel,” new w'eather.
H. S. STUDENTS
ENTERTAINED
We welcomed to the campus this
afternoon the senior girls of Rey
nolds ■ High School, South High
School, and Hanes High School.
These guests were taken on a tour
of the campus by several of our
Day Students. After the tour, tea
was served to the group in South
Hall.
FUTURE EVENTS IN
BRIEF
OR
Coming Events Cast
Their Shadow
Sunday 6:30 p. m.—Y Installa-
tinn Service.
Monday — Tea for High
School students.
Monday 8:30 p. m.—Nancy Mc-
Neely in organ recital.
Tuesday — Colored Help Show.
Wednesday — Home Ec. Club
picnic.
Thursday 8:30 p. m. — Eliz
abeth Tuten in organ recital as
sisted by James Blair.
Friday 4:00 p. m. — Home Ec.
Annual Clothing Exhibit.
Tuesday, May 21 — Reading
Day.
Wednesday, May 22 — Final
Exams, start.
Government
Changes Hands
Tuesday morning chapel service
w’as devoted to the installation of
the new Student Government for
1940-41. Elizabeth Hendrick retiring
president, officially handed the
reins of office to Margaret Patter
son, incoming president, in an im
pressive ceremony that marked the
close of a most successful year in
student activities. The following
girls were installed as council mem
bers: Patty McNeely and Sue For
rest, vice presidents; Leila Johnston,
secretary; Eugenia Baynes, treasur
er; Esther Alexander, Eleanor Carr,
Sarha Linn, Marvel Campbell, senior
class representatives; Marian Norris,
Lily Sutton Ferrell, Wyatt Wilkin
son, junior class representatives;
Elizabeth Johnston, Mary Best, Mar
garet Ray, sophomore class represen
tatives; Margery McMullen and
Louise Early, house president; Ruth
Schnedl, Y. W. C. A. president; Nell
Kerns, I. R. S. president; Kathryn
Cole, senior class president; Reece
Thonms, junior class president; and
Sarah Henry, sophomore class pre.s-
ident.
Seniors to Sponsor
Colored Help Show
All upperclassmen are well ac
quainted with the highly entertain
ing Colored Help Sliows that have
become an annual affair on our cam
pus. Now the Senior Class has de
cided that the Freshmen, too, should
learn to know our campus colored
folk in their singing and dancing
mood, that all upperclassmen will be
glad to hear the good ole spirituals
and see the hot truckin’ once more,
and that] the Seniors themselves
want to raise a little money. Put
these three things together and the
result — a Colored Help Show on
next Tuesday evening sponsored by
our elder class. The place: The
Old Chapel; the time 8:00; and the
price 15c (but you’d better bring
20c or see that your credit is good
because ice-cream sandwiches will
be on sale.
PIERRETTES END
YEAR’S WORK
With the devil-may-care air of an
experienced troop, the Pierrette
Players for the third and fourth
times repeated their performance of
Phoebe Rees’ “Sanctuary” in ex
panded chapel Wednesday morning
and at the Winston-Salem Woman’s
Club this afternoon at four-thirty.
The players first gave the drama
as a part of the program for Salem’s
guests on Hospitality Day. The sec
ond presentation was in the compe
tition at the Kvinston-Salem play
tournament April 19. Wednesday’s
performance was for the benefit of
the college and academy students
who had been unable to attend eith
er of the other two. Today the
drama group of the Junior Woman’s
Club of Winston-Salem saw the last
appearance of the Pierettes for this
year.
The cast of the play directed by
Mrs. Bruce Williams included: Sis
ter Francois, Margaret Ray; Mother
Marie, Barbara Plummer; Sister
Ann, Agatha Walker; Madamoiselle
Cice, Katharine King; MargareteLee
Rice; Cityonne Kern, Jackie Ray;
Widow Pensol, Elizabeth Tuten.
FOUR PRIZES
BEING OFFERED
In chapel Friday morning announ
cement was made of the persona}
library contest and the booklist
contest to be sponsored by the li
brary next year. The announcement
created a great deal of interest
among the student body. A first
prize of twenty-five dollars in books
will be awarded to the junior or
senior with the best personal libra
ry, and ten dollars in books will be
a'warded to the sophomore or junior
turning in the best list of books to
form the nucleus of a personal li
brary. With the inauguration of
these contests Salem falls in line
with other progressive schools.
In a number of colleges through
out the country there has been a
growing interest in encouraging un
dergraduates to form and build their
own personal libraries. Swarthmore
College was the firs tto establish a
contest in whic ha prize is awarded
annually by A. Edward Newton for
the most interesting library acquir
ed by a member of the senior class
during his college years.
Other colleges have been inspired
by the Swarthmore plan, to inaugu
rate a similar program, among which
are: Smith, Wellesley, Haverford,
Randolph-Macon, Woman’s College
of the University of North Carolina,
and now Salem. The colleges report
that these awards have created new
interest among the students in the
discriminating choice of books worth
owning.
Upon the recommendation of Miss
Soiwers, librarian, the Faculty Li-
rary Committee has been studying
the terms of the award at these var
ious schools, and they have found
a con.siderable variation. This flex
ibility seems a desirable factor, for
one would not wish to introduce a
steriotype procedure into a contest,
the aim of which is the fostering of
the art of reading, the most individ
ualistic of pursuits.
From these studies of the commit
tee the library is inaugurating two
contests. To the junior or senior
who, in the opinion of the judges,
has collected the best personal li
brary of a general cultural nature
a prize in books to the amount of
twenty-five dollars will be awarded.
To the junior or senior with the sec
ond bc.st collection, fifteen dollars
worth of books will be presented.
This collection may be either a gen
eral or a special collection; that is
to say, the books may be in one sub
ject field such as hirtory, poetry,
music etc., or they may bo by or
about the student’s favorite author.
Some regulations seem to be nec
essary: The total number of books
is not to exceed thirty; all books
must be the property of the student
entering the contest, and so marked;
there is no limit t othe period of
years over which the books have
been collected; textbooks designed
primarily for class room use may not
be included; the price of the books
is not a determining factor in the
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LECTURES ON DRAMA
NEXT WEEK
A series of lectures concerning the
theatre and different aspects of dra
ma are to be given by Mr. Jack,
Stewart Knapp, emminent lecturer
of the University of North Dakota,
at West End Hig hSchool, through
out next week. For the convenience
of those wishing to attend the lec
tures, the talks are scheduled for
9:30 in the morning and 8:00 at
night on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday of the week.
Mrs. Bruce Williams will be glad
to provide transportation for those
who wish to attend any one, or all
of the lectures.